Wine An Australian brand takes the top spot in a survey of our best-known wines. by Michael Cooper

Psychology That jolt from the morning coffee may be cognitively and physically beneficial. by Marc Wilson

Sport The quadrennial World Cup tournament in Russia has delivered both splendour and skulduggery. by Paul Thomas

Books & Culture

Painted out of history His many decades in France have made Taihape-born Douglas MacDiarmid an elusive figure in the annals of NZ art. A new biography delivers a vital portrait of the 96-year-old’s intriguing career. by Sally Blundell

Books About why Buddhism is true, novels by Rachel Cusk, Kirk Wallace Johnson, Rowena House and Anthony Horowitz, and a round-up of NZ non-fiction